Wednesday, April 8, 2009

This Week on Australian Screens

I'm currently overseas right now, but I prepared this earlier so y'all can be kept abreast of all the goings-on in my corner of the globe.

Cinema Releases for the Week 09/04/09

17 Again - A friend of mine says this is horrific in ways even he couldn't have imagined. Sounds promising!!!

The Boat That Rocked - I didn't too much care for Richard Curtis' last movie Love Actually (I'm in the minority there, I know) but this one looks entertaining. Although I'm not sure why Phillip Seymour Hoffman is there (he has two movies this week along with Mary and Max).

Dragonball: Evolution - I'm not sure why this movie wasn't made seven years ago, quite frankly. Ya know, when it was actually popular.

Elegy - Isobel Coixet's films typically get love it/hate it reactions and Elegy is not different. After hating her last movie, the Sarah Polley-starring My Life Without Me, I was hoping the cast of this movie was a sign of quality. As always, some love it and some hate it.

Mary and Max - The feature debut of Oscar short animation winner Adam Elliot (Harvey Krumpet). Hopefully I found time to write a review before I left for my holiday. If not: It's good. Very funny and the voice work is tops. Third act a bit of a dud. There ya go!

Observe and Report - Apparently set for release, but as of the time of typing (26 March) I have heard rumblings (on Twitter no less) that the date has been shifted so if it doesn't surface today then there is apparently a reason. Considering the number of movies being released this week, it wouldn't surprise me if one of them called "CHICKEN!" and jumped.

Race to Witch Mountain - Remake of the film from the 1970s, this time starring Dwayne Johnson and AnnaSophia Robb. Somebody get that girl a movie as good as Bridge to Terabithia, plz!

BTW Glenn, how's NYC? I stayed in Greenwich Village in winter 2003/04, adjacent to Washington Square Park. It was a great locale, and I was within walking distance of about 3 arthouse cinemas, which I visited each day. I love the place.

Disclaimer

Everything that is written on this webpage - Stale Popcorn and any tangents from it - is written by me, Glenn Dunks, unless otherwise stated. It is appreciated that if you wish to reproduce any of that you do so with an appropriate link (please do not copy it all because that gives your reader no reason to come by here and possibly increase my traffic).

If any pictures or music files are posted on Stale Popcorn that are owned by you and wish to be credited for or have removed please feel free to send me an email using one of the addresses at the top of the page. I will gladly oblige.